A verbal argument in a Southeast Washington, D.C. residence on the 3100 block of Buena Vista Terrace escalated into gunfire on January 6, 2017. Twenty-five-year-old Carl Gray was shot during the incident; another man was wounded but survived with non-life-threatening injuries. Gray remained hospitalized for months with severe complications from his wounds and died on March 16, 2018. The District’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide, finding it resulted from the earlier shooting.

Police identified a suspect after reviewing surveillance footage that reportedly showed the man leaving the scene of the argument and then returning and opening fire. In June 2018 authorities arrested 25-year-old Javonte Brown and charged him with first-degree murder while armed and attempted murder. In February 2019 Brown pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder and the attempted murder charge was dropped.

Did anyone in Southeast D.C. witness the argument or the activity on Buena Vista Terrace that night?